Thursday, October 16, 2014

During the Sacramento Kings’ recent trip
to Beijing for a preseason game against the Brooklyn Nets, DeMarcus Cousins was
unable to play because of some ‘Achilles soreness’.

Now before you fantasy owners go
looking for a trade, rotoworld.com is reporting that despite the soreness,
Cousins’ injury isn’t considered serious. It’s more likely that with all the
travel during the preseason and FIBA World Cup this summer, the big man just
needs some time to rest.

Although Boogie is making light of the
situation, the NBA is currently looking at how they can reduce the fatigue felt
by teams and players during the season. As reported on Twitter by David
Aldridge, experimentation is already on the book.

NBA announces it will experiment with a 44-minute game when the Nets host the Celtics in Brooklyn on Oct. 19.
— David Aldridge (@daldridgetnt) October 14, 2014

Personally, I would
like to see the NBA shorten its season rather than the length of games. If
players weren’t playing back-to-backs all the time and traveling so much, I’m
almost positive that we would see a lot less injuries. Wouldn’t it have been
nice to see Rose or Kobe playing last year?